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Woman Seeks $5K Hit Man on Craigslist

Posted Jan 27, 08 5:32 PM CST in Crime & Courts Technology 

(Newser) – A Michigan woman posted a job on Craigslist last year to murder her lover's wife, the FBI announced yesterday. Ann Marie Linscott, 49, put up a generic "freelance" ad but asked responders to "eradicate a female living in Oroville, California" for $5,000. "I've seen some screwy things, but I've personally never heard of anything like this," an FBI agent said.

Linscott sent job-shoppers the wife's description and address, but they reported her to Craigslist, the AP reports. "Out of 550 million classified ads posted over 12 years, this is the first such incident that we're aware of," said Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster. Federal prosecutors are now seeking a trial in Northern California, where the intended victim and her husband reside.

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Craig Newmark, founder of the classified ads Web site craigslist, is shown on February 24, 2005, in Palo Alto, California.   (KRT Photos)
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